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Insurgents abduct civilians in Mocímboa da Praia, wound three in Chai

The abductees were reportedly freed after a ransom payment, while a family seeks answers over a young man’s detention by the navy

  • 7 Oct: Suspected insurgent boat seen off Mocímboa da Praia
  • 8 Oct: Seven kidnapped for ransom in Mocímboa village
  • 10 Oct: Three shot in insurgent raid on Chai
  • 12 Oct: Insurgents loot and burn another Mocímboa village

Three people suffered minor gunshot wounds when insurgents raided Chai, in Macomia district, Cabo Delgado, on the evening of 10 October, sources told Zitamar.

The attackers entered the village at around 18:00 and remained for about half an hour, looting goods, mainly food. Rwandan forces maintain an outpost roughly three kilometres north of Chai, but no clashes with the insurgents were reported during the raid.

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